Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Boycotting Armour.
Chicago X. of l.. Assemblies
Issue an Appeal to the
Wage Workers,
And Call Phil all Kinds OF Hard
Names-An Interesting
Circular.
CHICAGO's CREsUs.

CHICAGO's CREsUs.
A Fsrvid Appeal To the Thinking Work.
ingmen To Discard Meats Put Up by the
Great Packer.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-A secret circular
has beeI ISSUED by district assemblies
Noe. 81 aud l3o, knights of Lsbor, OF
this city, rs n boycott against =. ID.
eral weeks ago, but has been kept q
profound secret until YESTERDAY, when
copy fell into the hands of United
Press reporter. In the circular the
great packing house Is charged with
all the troubles NJ the stock yards,
and workingmen are charged to boy.
colt the meats Of the firm.
THE CIRCULAR.
The eight.hour movement of last
spring eliminated in the establish.
ment of that beneficial system in th.
Uuion stock yards, commonly known
ms Packingtown. Z. ID. Armour, the
largest pork and beef packer in the
world. only yielded when, through a
combination of circumstances, hs
found II impossible to do otherwise,
The eight-hour system gave general
satisfaction to the men, aud nowhere
upon this continent were there more
cheerful and willing lot of employees
10 perform their allotted task than the
men of Packingtown. After the Sec
ond week of the eighthour day the
men had reached and passed the old
te,-h0ur capacity. Notwithstanding
this, p. d. Armour plotted day and
night TO overthrow q system which
gave general satisfaction to the men
and placed him at no pecuniary dis
advantage. Why? Because this
domineering commercial sut ocrat had
for once been forced to yield q point to
bis workers without his consent. To
accomplish his purpose he organized
the packers into solid combination
and placed each member under heavy
bond TO stand by the pool. On Octo
ber ii
THE PACKERS DEMANDED
q return to 10 hours. which caused q
lockout for one week. the men return
ing by order of 4. B. Barry, m.mbel
OF the general executive board of the
knights of Labor, with an implied
understanding that the retreat WAS bul
temporary, aud that an effort would
be made IN the near future when the
eight hour system should De reclaimed.
scarcely. mad the men returned when
Amour x Co., harassed them To sign
an iron clad agreement In which they
were asked to renounce their a'leg gianct
to ala labor org ganiZatioDs, particularly y
the knights of Labor. IL must be re.
mpmbered that when L. b. Barry or
d.red u return to the l0-bours system
for the time being, this order did No,
apply 10 the beef houses of Swift, Mel
sou d Morris, who were still workiB,
on the S-hour system, and employe,
in round numbers about $500 men
On Monday, Nov. lst. these two hous
rs also demanded a return to 10 hour
The m u refused and n lockout ensuet
which lasted one week before tn
general strike was ordered, whicl
order was issued in conform ity with |,
general belief that IL the eight-hou
day was to |, Q reclaimed, now WAS tn
time, the contest began. On the on
hand stood the 10000 wage workers
mAuy Of whom had given years AM
years Of toll in the building up Of Phi
Armour's nillions. working early an,
late. including Sundays. with little o.
no time for thought or recreation. o.
the other hand stood Phil Armour an
his D. .ol, backed up by the militia q
IllinoIr and Pink kefton's assAsips, VIII
but o few weeks ago
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD
without any provocation ~hstevel
one of our esteemed citizens, Terenc
Begley. These mescenaries Of capita
called out four days before the lockou
occurred to coerce our workingmen h
the name Of the Law. when on on
statute hooks stands one that is dea
letter which states that eight hour
shall constitute q days work. Phi
Armour, at whose insiigation thes
out-thfoats were employs is moral
responsible TOR Terence Begley's death
Phil Armour, who CANDLES In "puts
and "calls" contrary TO the laws {
God and man. who "puts" the farme
II disadv" ntage when he buys, an
calls for extortionate "bulr' price
when he sells; Phil Armour, who ol
ganizes pools and rings for the purpos
Of fleeing the public on all the nece,
saries Of life, crowdiDg all smalle
competitors to the wall. spreading rui
and disaster everywhere, now d.
mands that the organized workers wi
renounce their pledges TO the knight
Of Labor and kindred associations an
become his willing slaves, as the 70
lowing will show:
Reference IL then made to the rest
lutions adopted by the packers assoc
alton boycotting labor organizations
also 10 the fact That they were publlcl
rescinded, "but," says the circulaI
"for the purpose of deception, the
were replaced by another aereemen
almost equally as obnoxious, while th
importation Of 'scab' labor, bls, * aD'
! white, still continues, clearly provin
the fact that the design Of Phil Al
mour is To victimize our brethren
many Of whom have been In his EN-
ploy for years. and have committed D
other ofIense except that they wer
loyal to the cause OF labor. Phil Al
mour, who controls hogs and cattle
pork and beef. now attempts to cruz
!, organized labor" =.
Then follows the appeal, or boycott
In the following singular terms: